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dying

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dying done right takes time

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dying should not be missed or started at the last minute

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the secret to dying is being ready

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spending time before it sneaks up on you and takes over

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or suddenly snaps you

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in two

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spending                            time is                                     is spending time knowing and understanding all there is about you that will be lost loving all that you are and all that you love

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beyond knowing and accepting

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understanding not-being is honest work

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understanding your own not-being the not-being of those you love is pierce-you-to-the-heart honest work

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taking it in and living it

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being as alive and as aware in each moment as you possibly can be

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and in those final moments because you trained for it and you’re ready

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the sooner you start the better

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the more honestly you work to understand death the lighter here there and everywhere your change will be

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from middle year poems — Bill Eberle

October 2016     © 2016, Bill Eberle